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ID number: BIRBI-R3122 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 325-326 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.37 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1523. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Camp gate with no door, two turrets; star above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTAN-TINVS AVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: PROVIDEN-TIAE AVCC (To the Foresight of the Emperors). In Exergue: SMALA
Bibliography: RIC VII 34
Notes: According to RIC, the SMALA in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Alexandria.
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